*Aiden walks towards the door, there are so many bodies blocking the door, something grabs Aiden's left ankle, he looks down to see a badly mutated police officer grabbing his ankle*
Police Officer: R-r-run kid…
Aiden: *he looks at the police officer with guilt before crouching down to him, Aiden puts his right hand on the police officer's hand* I can handle this from here. Are their kids in there? *The cop slowly nods* I will save them. I promise.
Police Officer: But… y-you're just a kid… the monster… it h-had a blade…
Aiden: There is so much I wish you knew so you could understand what's going on. I'm sorry. *He slowly pulls the police officer's hand off of him* If you survive, please find me. My name is Aiden Sasaki. I will tell you everything. *He walks up to the door and starts moving bodies one by one, having them in straight lines down the hall, after a bit, he walks up to the door but before he opens it he turns to Rebecca* Call an ambulance for them, I will make sure I end this before they show up.
Rebecca: Okay, be safe. Yell for me if you need help. *Aiden walks in to see even more dead bodies and blood, this time some were students, Aiden gets upset the more he sees the bodies, he walks towards the stage but before he can reach it, he hears something*
???: Aiden…
Aiden: *Aiden turns to the voice fast* Who's there? *He then hears a shush, he sees who it is, it's Isaac in one of the seat aisle to the left, Isaac does the hand motion to "get down", Aiden crouches and walks over to him* Isaac? Is everything okay? *Isaac gets a big smile and hugs Aiden*
Isaac: I thought you forgot us!
Aiden: *Aiden pulls Isaac off of him and checks to see if he is injured* You seem fine! What happened to the others?
Isaac: In all honesty, I'm not sure. Most of them came in here and ran on stage to hide from those creatures. Unfortunately there was some weird creepy monster backstage like if it knew we would hide there! So I ran and didn't look back! Well that's clearly a lie, I'm back in here because of Emma! I need to make sure she is okay!
Aiden: Stay here, I'm going to the stage. *Aiden stands up but he is pulled to the ground instantly*
Isaac: Are you crazy!? No! You can't fight that thing! It will kill you!
Aiden: It's my fault for not saving you guys sooner! *he stands up and walks to the stage, before he can walk up the steps, the curtains open, a monster that's 6'2 is standing there with a top hat, the monster looks like a praying mantis, it's bowing, Aiden locks eyes with it, his pupils shrink, he slowly steps back off the steps, the bug stands up straight as its mandibles twitch, Aiden sees movement behind it, it's Emma and all his classmates hiding in fear*
Praying Mantis(Fiend): Greetings audience… *it's voice sounds like a mixture of a young girl and a mid age man* Today we will be doing a magic trick… *the fiend pulls out a utility cart with a box on top of it onto the stage, it has a girl in the box, her head and legs is sticking out, she is crying* For this magic trick, I will cut through this young lady without injuring her… *it slowly unfolds its right arm, the entire arm is one big sword* Do not be alarmed, this is completely safe… *it raises its arm above the girl, she starts crying*
Aiden: HEY! *The fiend looks over at Aiden* You will kill her if you do that!
Praying Mantis(Fiend): *it lowers its arm* That's the whole point of the trick young man… it's to show you the young lady getting cut in half but be perfectly fine… That's magic… Please be seated…
Aiden: *he gets a serious face* I don't believe you.
Praying Mantis(Fiend): *it is visually getting irritated, it is slowly raising its right arm again* I said… SIT DOWN!! *as it screams "SIT DOWN", It swings it's right arm down, cutting the box in half, it looks like a flash of light, the girl starts gargling on her own blood, once the box parts, blood pours out, Aiden's pupils shrink as he watches the blood drip down* *a girl backstage sees the killing, she starts panicking to the point she screams, the fiend jerks it's head to her and makes eye contact but before it can run at her, Aiden punches it across the face with his right fist, the punch makes the fiend slide to the other side of the stage*
Aiden: *he doesn't break eye contact with the fiend* EVERYONE OUT NOW!! IF YOU DON'T LEAVE, YOU WILL DIE!! *he gets into his boxer stance* I WILL KILL THIS THING AND MEET UP WITH YOU ALL AFTER!! *as his classmates run for their lives, the fiend starts to twitch before extending his left arm and making another sword*
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Praying Mantis(Fiend): PLEASE STAY SEATED WHEN A TRICK IS GOING ON… IT'S NOT SAFE TO BE ON STAGE WITH WEAPONS OUT!!! *it starts swinging it's sword arms at Aiden, he dodges a few slashes before backflipping away from it, the fiend makes its wings come out, it suddenly flies at high speeds to Aiden, trying to spear him with its left arm, Aiden jumps to the right off the stage to avoid it, Aiden quickly pulls a chair out of the ground and throws it at the fiend, the fiend slices the chair with its right arm, while it's too distracted, Aiden runs up the left side of the stage stairs, halfway up the steps he does a wall jump with his left foot to jump, jumping 10 feet into the air, Aiden tries to kick the fiend with his left leg but the fiend hugs itself out of fear, having it's blade arms face towards Aiden, Aiden's pupils shrink as he gets closer to the fiend, before he lands on the blade, he pushes his left leg forward and heel kicks the blade on the side, making the fiend stumble back, as Aiden lands on the ground, he looks at the fiend and tries to study its movements*
Aiden: *he talks to himself in his head* The way it shielded itself, it was like a scared child yet it can do these "magic tricks" without fear. Maybe the male adult I hear in its voice was the magician and it's instinct is from the girl in his voice. Is it possible to split personalities? *The fiend screams and runs at Aiden, it swings its arms at Aiden, trying it's hardest to cut him down, Aiden dodges all the slashes as he watches the movements before suddenly punching the side of the left blade with his right fist, the fiend stares in shock, before it can do anything Aiden punches the side of the right blade with his left fist and punches the fiend in the face with his right fist, the fiend growls, it's wings start to flap, it flies at Aiden and starts swinging at him again, Aiden's eyes narrow* The same thing won't work again. *The fiend does a double armed swing down on Aiden, the fiend's blades comes to a stop*
Praying Mantis(Fiend): What!? *It looks down to see Aiden punched both of his blades* My blades won't cut you!?
Aiden: *Aiden grunts before smiling* Nah, look at your blades. *the fiend looks to see he punched the bladed parts off, making his arms basically sticks*
Praying Mantis(Fiend): H-HOW DID YOU DO THAT!? MAGIC!?
Aiden: *he smiles* Nah! Studying! *He starts beating on the fiend, punching it over and over in the face, left right left right left before pulling his right fist back and punching as hard as he can, blowing the head off of the fiend, sending the body flying off the stage into the seats* *Aiden exhales, he looks over to the bodies of the police and firefighters* I'm glad I could avenge those who died today. *Suddenly he hears a voice behind him*
???: The fiend wasn't the one who did it… I was… *Aiden turns around to the back of the stage, suddenly a "X" is slashed on his chest, Aiden's pupils shrink* So they were right… you are alive… *Aiden falls to his right knee* The miracle boy… the honor it is to kill you… *a girl walks out from the backstage with a black and white sheathed katana* *the girl is wearing black and white samurai armor, her hair is in a ponytail, she has hazel eyes, 5'7, she is wearing a wolf menpo* My sensei warned the Garrison about you showing up. You put all of us at risk. *She walks over and puts her right foot on his left knee, she chuckles* Wow… you really are alive… *suddenly she is punched in the face with incredible strength by his right fist, she slams into the back wall of the stage, her menpo breaks off of her face, she has black lipstick*
Aiden: *he stays in the punch pose, his eyes glow silver through his hair* Get your damn feet off of me. *she growls*
???: How dare you!! *She grips her sword hilt, she sweats as she stares at him, she talks to herself in her head* Something about this aura… he has mabiki but he's also not using it… it's all raw strength… What the hell is this boy doing…?
Aiden: *Aiden slowly stands up straight and gets into his boxer stance* You know something about me that I don't. *out of nowhere, an aura explodes from his body, it's dark purple and black, his pupils are small* And you are going to tell me unless you want me to torture you.
???: *She sweats even more, she continues to talk in her head* What the hell is this!? His power is skyrocketing!! I was told he didn't know how to use his power!! He's easily a four star!! *She pulls her sword out* They are always sending me on suicidal mission!! *She dashes to the left so fast it looks like she teleported*
Aiden: *Aiden turns fast but can't see her* Dammit! She's fast! *His aura fades, her eyes narrow, she zips around the theater before dashing at him fast*
???: Seems like they were telling the truth!! You don't know how to use them!! *She stabs Aiden in the back of his left shoulder, Aiden screams before grabbing the blade with his right hand and breaking it, she stumbles back, Aiden turns around and swings his right fist but before it can hit her, she swings her blade to the right, Aiden stops and slowly looks at his right arm to see it completely gone, she cut his arm in the middle of the forearm*
Aiden: H-huh…? *she quickly puts her sword in the sheath and does a fast cutting on his face, his face explodes with blood, causing him to fall back, Aiden grunts as she walks over to him*
???: Being this strong as a "rookie"... I see why you have a bounty on your head… *she pulls her sword back but before she can stab, a wall off spiky ice comes raising from the ground from her right, it freezes her right hand so she can't stab Aiden* What the-!? *She looks over to see Rebecca made the ice spikes*
Rebecca: *Rebecca is sweating* Get the hell away from him.
???: *She smiles* Or what? You will freeze me? I can sense no mabiki in you. *She breaks the ice with her left hand to set her right arm free* You are just a normal person with ice. You can't possibly react to my speed.
Rebecca: No, but he can. *Out of nowhere, Tank breaks through the wall in front of her, the girl's pupils shrink, she quickly pulls her sword back but before she can swing, Rebecca shoots an ice shard at her hand, stabbing her hand and causing her to drop her sword, Tank punches her across the face with his left fist and slams her into the ground with it*
Tank: *Tank stands up and looks at Aiden, Tank growls before looking back at the girl* Get up! I'm not done with you yet! *she growls as she sits up* That guy you tried to kill has a rematch with me. *Tank starts stretching his shoulders* You should thank the heavens that you didn't kill him, because your death would be worse than what it is now… *She tries to talk but right as she opens her mouth, tank kicks her across the theater with his right foot, she flies through the chairs into the wall* I'm not listening to all that. I already know you are going to give me some stupid speech about how you will win. *he walks towards her* You better fight like you want to live. *Suddenly, Tank's shirt explodes off of him with blood, Tank's chest and arms have cuts all over, Tank smiles* I love unpredictable fights, it's just like gambling. You may never know what you get and that's the thrill of it! *she throws everything off of herself and points her sword at Tank*
???: You have no idea what you just did! *She zips around like she did to Aiden, Tank just stares straight ahead*
Tank: You are so predictable… *he quickly grabs the air with his left arm, he actually grabs her right arm*
???: How did you-!?
Tank: *Tank pulls her in and punches her in the chest with his right fist with such force to the point she has a dent in her back* Don't use such pathetic techniques on me. Get serious before I lose interest. *She growls as she grips her sword in her right hand and runs at him, she swings down on him, Tank jumps back, she quickly follows it up with fast swift swings, Tank is dodging the attacks before she quickly kicks him in the chest with her left foot, making Tank slide back* Is that it woman? No wonder why you look pretty messed up. Aiden almost killed you with fist alone! *She growls before smiling*
???: I'm just kidding! I'm done messing with you! *She puts her hands together with a deranged smile, her body glows with a purple aura, the aura looks like a lava lamp* Soul Bind, positive!
(To Be Continued…)